Mountain Tech Subaru Only

honest, trust worthy place! best subaru shop in the portland area. i would recommend anyone to come here for their subaru needs.
i took my 1990 subaru loyale to a dealership and they couldn’t fix it. mountain tech was able to fix and repair the problem the same day.
john is awesome, great customer service!
thanks guys!

After having a bad experience somewhere else I decided to give these guys a try and were relatively local to me. These guys helped me diagnose and find the actual problem for a fair price. I will always be bringing my
from now on.

I will never take my Subaru anywhere else again. I bought my 2010 Outback from Carr Subaru, so while it was under warranty, I took it there for all of its regular maintenance. Now that it’s out of warranty, I’m bringing it here. The last time I got my oil changed, (at Carr), I noticed an oil slick start to appear in my driveway. How does an almost brand new car leak oil, you ask? Because the idiots at Carr didn’t properly put the oil drain pan gasket back, so oil has been leaking out at a pretty steady pace. Carr also wanted to charge me $ 500 to do it’s 30k maintenance. Mountain Tech charged $ 40, since all they really need to do is replace the air filter.
They don’t have much of a waiting area, so be prepared to take a walk. It was freeeeeezing this morning, but me, my husband and 3 year old made an adventure out of it, walking down the street to the city elevator and going down to the Winter Farmers Market. We grabbed some breakfast at a café, then headed back up when my car was finished.
They aren’t going to BS you, over charge you and make you pay for crap you don’t need done on your Subaru. They’re good, honest people! For me, it’s worth the drive from SE Portland to Oregon City!

Gave me an estimate of five hours labor for a job that took another mechanic three. I wasn’t impressed.

I was really stressed out with trying to find a new car. I’ve known Matt @ Mountain Tech for years, so I finally decided to ask him for help. He sold me the CUTEST, most wonderful little Impreza, fondly named Marshmallow. They did a ton of engine work on it prior to my purchase, and have fixed a few minor rattles since with no questions asked. They even threw in a free car wash and oil change! Marshmallow felt like a king! :) Thanks for making a generally horrid experience wonderful, Mt. Tech!

These guys have always told me the truth about my Subaru, even when it cost them potential earnings. The relationship as trusted mechanic means more to them than getting the most out of a customer each time they’re in. This is why I only use Mountain Tech Subaru specialists.
My experience with them goes back five years, and I’m still driving the Legacy wagon they sold me at a great used price. Thing is, both they and I know that soon it won’t be financially wise to keep fixing up this wagon (though they would do it if I wanted), and so I get the straight dope about how much and whether they think it’s worth it in the long run.
This kind of honesty and integrity is not common.

Mountain Tech is a repair and service shop for Subarus only, up on the bluff above downtown Oregon City. My neighbor Mo in Sellwood recommended this place enthusiastically, as the best place around to get your Subaru fixed. Oregon City is a long way from Sellwood, but from just my first visit, I can see why it’s worth travelling the distance. The shop is run by a bunch of friendly guys who seem to actually enjoy working on Subarus, and appear to be good at it.
Mountain Tech clearly believes in maintaining old Subarus. There’s a veritable sea of them, mostly wagons, parked tightly in the lot. Matt, the service writer, told me that my 1991 Loyale’s 164,000 miles isn’t high for a Subaru; their loaner car has over 400,000 miles on it and runs fine.
I asked for an oil change and a new customer assessment, and got that, the usual fluid and tire check, a list of recommended work for the future, and a visit from Lewis, the mechanic who worked on my car. He went over what he found and concluded that the car was in fine shape.
I agreed with Lewis that yes, it was a fine car, but told him that unfortunately the 4WD was broke and apparently beyond fixing, because my previous shop had tried to fix it twice. He asked me a few questions, got interested in the problem, ran outside to the car, checked a couple things, found an amazingly simple problem (the air hose that works the 4WD control had become disconnected) and showed it to me as he reconnected it. This fixed the 4WD. All this for a grand total of $ 33.65.
The place is bigger than it looks. Matt says they have six service bays and a large parts warehouse («all genuine Subaru parts»).
But this is not a polished facility. The office looks like part of a neglected, cluttered gas station, and there’s no waiting room. People who wait for their cars usually go to a nearby coffee shop, Matt said. During my two hour wait, I walked over to the municipal elevator, took it down to old Oregon City downtown, found breakfast, went back up the elevator, walked around the historic district, then sat in the office’s one guest chair. Tri-​Met comes very near the shop, so next time, I’ll leave the car there all day and use the bus.
They also run a Subaru used car lot. There were 13 for sale on the lot when I was there in October, all with a brief mechanical warranty from the shop.
If you’ve got a Subaru, this is a great place to take it.